Nutrition

Is water impeding your performance?

Following on from recent last blog post, 'If it works, it doesn't get old!' I was deluged with enquiries on race nutrition. That wasn't...

If it works, it doesn't get old!

We have just come off a big weekend at half and full iron distance races. Before the race, the usual topic of nutrition arose, along with...

If you don't buy it, you won't eat it!

"Sutto, since the lockdown I've piled on the pounds. I'm still doing some training but I want to now get going again for the races that...

Eating to race long

Eating a balance of what your body requires is what sets you up to be able to train effectively, back up and recover properly and in the...

Diet: Answers to questions asked by you

Our three blog instalments covered most of the aspects of improving your personal triathlon journey. While the diet portion was the least...

Eating for performance

Follow up blog to Part 1, Diet - what they don't tell you! Let's start by saying this is my personal opinion, influenced by personal...

Diet - what they don't tell you

In my recent podcast conversation hosted by Greg Bennett (Be with Champions - Brett Sutton, Diet discussion commencing at 1hr 08min),...

Coke, Mars bars and a world record!

People are always looking to improve things, or what I call 'Looking for clues'! Whether that be 'free speed' on the bike, or new 'go...

Nutrition for training and racing

Race season is in full swing now. And this is the time of the year when the majority of my athletes get more and more concerned about...

How to really get race day nutrition right

Every year pre-Kona I’m inundated with enquiries about race day nutrition, often sparked by articles of ex-athletes giving out advice...

Appearance vs Performance

As a coach one of my main tasks is to readjust the athletes’ focus whenever they get carried away. Triathlon is a strange sport! Lots of...

The race weight debate

A new season is underway, with a few races completed and some big events on the horizon; many athletes are training hard and starting to...

Tapering, nutrition and mental strength

This article first appeared on Global Sport Coach. Richard Thompson from Global Sport Coach, sits down with Brett Sutton to find out what...

Don't drink, don't sink

Each season brings a new group of triathletes and with them their inevitable water bottles to the side of the swimming pool. Season after...

The weight debate: A response

Craig Walton: Mountain of a man and the best all-round triathlete I’ve ever seen. I would like to take the time to further explain a very...

The weight debate: nutrition and Ironman

I’ve been asked at least three times since Kona about specific athletes and the impact that their weight, or lack thereof, had on their...

The three golden rules: Kona

As we see on social media many are now at or heading to the big island, excited for the big show. Each athlete will be champing at the...